‘Nintendo has not had any contact with the Japanese government about generative AI’: Nintendo denies anti-AI lobbying rumors

Nintendo has released an official response after rumors spread online last week that it was lobbying against generative AI with the Japanese government, as reported by Video Games Chronicle. Nintendo stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter): “Contrary to recent discussions on the internet, Nintendo has not had any contact with the Japanese government…

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First US videogame champion, legendary programmer, and Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman is fundraising to deal with the costs of an aggressive cancer diagnosis

40-year games industry veteran Rebecca Heineman has started a GoFundMe to help deal with an aggressive cancer diagnosis, one whose costs are only partially covered by private insurance. Heineman’s career extends back to the days of Space Invaders, with credits on at least 71 games including The Bard’s Tale 3 and early ports of Doom…

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Valve yoinked a new Counter-Strike 2 map out of the game after just 2 days, either for potential Disney copyright infringement, a ‘gamer word’ hidden in its data, or both

“Valve added a bunch of new community maps to Counter-Strike 2 on October 2nd,” SteamDB wrote in an October 4 BlueSky post, “and now one of the maps, Transit, has been removed due to potential copyright issues and one of the entity names having a gamer word.” Attached was a picture of a distinctively-shaped building…

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